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September 28, 2023

Dapper

by David M Willis on June 7, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The 'Do' List

└ Tags: danny, joe

Discussion (425) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 7, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    NO MORE PROFESSOR LAYTON FOR YOU

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 7, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

      Not Enough Layton!

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      June 7, 2017 at 1:09 am | #

      actually, with a beard, he might look a little https://www.flickr.com/photos/42339166@N00/3982700464

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 7, 2017 at 3:08 am | #

        This video was all he needed to start his free-fall into… Uke Madness!

        • Schol-R-LEA
          Schol-R-LEA
          June 7, 2017 at 10:44 am | #

          Does that mean Joe will go into SEMME madness?

          • The_L1985
            The_L1985
            June 7, 2017 at 6:11 pm | #

            I still don’t think Joe swings that way.

  2. butts
    butts
    June 7, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    well hey at least it’s not a fedora

    • Mandy
      Mandy
      June 7, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

      That’s very true. I’ll take a cabbie hat over a fedora any day.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 7, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

        Maybe Danny could wear a bowler, and grow a curled mustache?

        • Mandy
          Mandy
          June 7, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

          I’m not sure why but I get the feeling that Danny can’t really grow facial hair. Or at least not enough for a handlebar.

          • MatsuoTanuki
            MatsuoTanuki
            June 7, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

            What about a Dali? Length over thickness.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

      There is absolutely nothing wrong with fedoras.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 7, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

        It’s the people living under them that are the problem.

        • Time Sage
          Time Sage
          June 7, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

          One of my best freinds wears a fedora 😐

          Also, Red Mages wear a fedora with a feather. I want a red fedora with a feather.

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            June 7, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

            That’s definitely one way to pimp out a fedora.

          • Rukduk
            Rukduk
            June 7, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

            See, here’s the thing “regular” (aka unadorned plain) fedoras have become the default style of “nice guys tm” and “pompous douches”, but decorated fedoras are still great hats that show one’s inner coolness and eccentricity. Just, don’t wear either a fur coat, excessive jewelry, or a suit with it. That gives of the wrong impression.

            • Questionor
              Questionor
              June 7, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

              actually those are trilbys but the douches call them fedoras. You can tell by the brim size.

              • Big D
                Big D
                June 7, 2017 at 1:20 am | #

                It infuriates me when people don’t understand this distinction. It’s not like real fedoras are this niche, unknown thing. Indiana Jones wears one for shit’s sake.

                • Rukduk
                  Rukduk
                  June 7, 2017 at 1:33 am | #

                  I’ve seen people who wore real fedoras who acted like they were trilbys, and I’ve encountered so few people who know the difference I just gave up on trying to explain it, and just kinda went with the flow I guess.

                • Reltzik
                  Reltzik
                  June 7, 2017 at 1:38 am | #

                  *wikipedias*

                  …. huh. I guess I wear trilbys, not fedoras.

              • Showler
                Showler
                June 7, 2017 at 2:14 am | #

                There have gotta be some decent “The Trouble with Trilbies” jokes in there somewhere.

                • SgtWadeyWilson
                  SgtWadeyWilson
                  June 7, 2017 at 3:25 am | #

                  They do seem to multiply, but I’ve never asked a Klingon their opinion on trilbies, but I doubt it would be favorable.

                  Now I wish I had the photoshop skills to alter that classic frame so Kirk would be up to his chest in trilbies.

                • thecerpent
                  thecerpent
                  June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm | #

                  Here.

                • Sarah Lea
                  Sarah Lea
                  June 7, 2017 at 10:47 pm | #

                  I don’t know that I’ve ever laughed so explosively at something on the internet as with that image.

                  Fine work!

              • jpic89
                jpic89
                June 7, 2017 at 9:38 am | #

                Oh thank god! Other people who know the difference!

              • Schol-R-LEA
                Schol-R-LEA
                June 7, 2017 at 10:54 am | #

                I’m sure Yahtzee would disagree that people who wear trilbies are all douchebags.

                No, wait, he would agree, and then say that this is exactly why he wears them himself (and writes novel characters who wear them).

                Douchebag pride is a thing with him. Him and Simon Travaglia, who I am guessing wears a trilby (or a Bush hat, though that would be more of an Aussie thing, and he’s a Kiwi. Not that either of them are still in that part of the world anymore).

                • Schol-R-LEA
                  Schol-R-LEA
                  June 7, 2017 at 11:02 am | #

                  For those who don’t know who I am talking about, Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw is a game critic who makes the Zero Punctuation series, while Simon The BOFH writes the Bastard Operator From Hell series, which has been on the UK tech news site The Register since around 1998.

                  I expect that more people know about the former than the latter, though the BOFH stories pre-date ZP by 15 years (the earliest one is from 1992, whereas ZP began in 2007).

            • Reltzik
              Reltzik
              June 7, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

              Just, don’t wear either a fur coat, excessive jewelry, or a suit with it. That gives of the wrong impression.

              *points to pun just above*

              • Rukduk
                Rukduk
                June 7, 2017 at 12:55 am | #

                …How the hell did I miss that?

        • Schol-R-LEA
          Schol-R-LEA
          June 7, 2017 at 5:05 pm | #

          Hey, not all hipster bongoes have goatees and wear trilbies. Some have full beards and shaved heads, and wear wifebeaters, instead.

          (Someone snarking that still others are fat Brits who wear black suits and red shades, and collect Boglins, three… two… one…)

      • AveAves
        AveAves
        June 7, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

        That’s where you’re wrong friend

        • GuruBuckaroo
          GuruBuckaroo
          June 7, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

          Please learn the difference between fedoras and trilbys. Also, please try not to prejudge people based on their choice of headgear. Please? I’ve been wearing a fedora for 35 years, and I hate the meaning people have come to associate with them (incorrectly).

          • Orion Fury
            Orion Fury
            June 7, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

            Agreed. Though not quite 35 years on my part.

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              June 7, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

              …you’ve been wearing fedoras since before they were uncool?

              • Orion Fury
                Orion Fury
                June 7, 2017 at 11:27 am | #

                I think it happened when I started wearing them, unfortunately. I also tend to exhibit many of the traits that come along with the uncoolness, sans being an overbearing mouth breather to women around me. Though mind you, I was already married to someone who didn’t mind those traits, so ymmv.

              • Ferret
                Ferret
                June 7, 2017 at 6:29 pm | #

                I too have been wearing fedoras since before they were uncool. Protip: they’re still cool, but only if you wear them with a nice suit.

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              June 7, 2017 at 8:20 am | #

              The swastika is still a positive symbol, if used properly. There are tons of ways to have one, without it immediately being a Nazi thing. Not tilting it at a 45-degree angle, for starters.

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                June 7, 2017 at 8:58 am | #

                I’m Jewish and will be completely creeped out by your ancient peace symbol if it can be construed as a swastika. Even a backwards or tilt-y swastika. It’s been wrrcked. Unless it’s on a huge stone stele from India with gods n’stuff, please pick another ancient symbol.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                June 7, 2017 at 10:26 am | #

                I mean, I’m not exactly advocating for using a swastika all willy-nilly, regardless of context. All I’m saying is, there are dozens of situations in which that generic symbol can be used, without any sort of Nazi-flavored implications. It’s not like I’m trying to brush over the obviously undeniable problems attached to a specific variant of the symbol, though.

              • HeySo
                HeySo
                June 7, 2017 at 12:45 pm | #

                @Leorale

                You did offer reasonable consideration for outside perspectives at the end of your post, so if the perspective I’m addressing doesn’t apply to you then, by all means, please dismiss any elements of my reply which indicate it as being directed toward you. I just see too many blind arguments on the topic, so I figured it’d be constructive to offer the following considerations- just in case. 🙂

                —

                It’s kinda a big difference if the symbol pops up in western culture (where the negative interpretation is intuitive), and if it pops up in Eastern religion or mysticism, where it originated. You can’t demand entire cultures across a massive region all throw out their ancient symbology just ’cause some asshole foreigners started misappropriating it. Heck, if countries started throwing out their beliefs every time something was misappropriated by foreign assholes, they’d quickly run out of culture altogether. 😛

                Put another way- the other facet of people respecting what it means to you and the interpretations it’s associated with from the related perspective, is also respecting what it means to people who have no connection to that perspective at all. What you’d be claiming, otherwise, is that the perspective of Jews- within the context of the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism- is more important than that of that of the followers of those religions. You’d be claiming that Jewish communities are more important than those communities influenced by other faiths.
                Of course, two-way interaction means that any member of those faiths who enters a context where your perspective is dominant, and doesn’t yield in respect of your perspectives, is similarly in the wrong (and perhaps even moreso, given the far less ambiguous associations the symbol has in the west).

                Criticizing the political party- even the devout censorship of the symbol which Germany engages in to prevent reformation efforts- is not just warranted, it’s necessary if humanity wants to provide any influence in preventing future declines of the species into barbarism.

                But engaging in unwarranted censorship, or hating on others because their perspectives are different from your own- despite them not intending any harm or insult to you, or diminishment of you? That’s favoring the very perspectives that you’re opposing. And it’s that, more than the allowance of any symbol, which is going to provide support to the kind of agency you’re expressing concern over.

          • zoelogical
            zoelogical
            June 7, 2017 at 12:50 am | #

            i mean like…just because it’s a trilby doesn’t mean they don’t call them fedoras anyways

      • Brian K. Pittman
        Brian K. Pittman
        June 7, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

        Correct. Now trilbies, those are the problem.

        • K^2
          K^2
          June 7, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

          I’m pretty sure anyone saying they dislike fedoras actually mean trilbies.

        • SgtWadeyWilson
          SgtWadeyWilson
          June 7, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

          What’s the trouble with trilbies?

          I got my best compliment in one. A woman said I looked like a hitman, so I tipped my hat and smirked.

          It probably helped that I had a pinstripe shirt unbuttoned over my t-shirt, plus the hat is actual felt, not one of those flimsy things you’d find at a department store.

          • Questionor
            Questionor
            June 7, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

            The bigger your shoulders the bigger your hat brim should be. Trilbys have tiny brims and should be worn only by really skinny people.

            • SgtWadeyWilson
              SgtWadeyWilson
              June 7, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

              By that logic, the fez would be banned.

              • Questionor
                Questionor
                June 7, 2017 at 12:51 am | #

                I mean in terms of hats in the general shape of trilby/fedora/homburg/etc.
                But fezs that are not part of a costume/cosplay/uniform probably should be banned. 🙂

                • SgtWadeyWilson
                  SgtWadeyWilson
                  June 7, 2017 at 1:06 am | #

                  Ah, but they did once, so I guess some people couldn’t quit cold-Turkey.

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              June 7, 2017 at 1:01 am | #

              Man, I’m a lady who looks awesome in a trilby (and indeed I have very narrow shoulders) but the neckbeards ruined them for me. :s
              I do know a lady who wears a real fedora, with a red coat. She looks like Carmen Sandiego; when asked, she says she’s here to steal the Empire State Building.

              • Rukduk
                Rukduk
                June 7, 2017 at 1:31 am | #

                I thought women wearing trilbies were immune from the neckbeard created reputation? I know I personally think it’s a lovely hat on the right person. But if that’s not the case, I’m very sorry they were tarnished.

              • Tawdry Quirks
                Tawdry Quirks
                June 7, 2017 at 4:53 am | #

                Remember that the fedora originally gained popularity as a hat for strong women, and it wasn’t popular with men until about the 1920s. So the gangsters totally appropriated it from women. I say it’s high time for women to re-appropriate the fedora for ourselves.

              • foamy
                foamy
                June 7, 2017 at 6:17 am | #

                That lady has excellent taste.

              • HeySo
                HeySo
                June 7, 2017 at 1:41 pm | #

                “She looks like Carmen Sandiego; when asked, she says she’s here to steal the Empire State Building.”

                Well, that’s certainly one approach to seducing me..

                I mean, this guy gets it: https://youtu.be/PkO-XYoQ1xU?t=387

                • HeySo
                  HeySo
                  June 7, 2017 at 1:45 pm | #

                  Sorry, here’s a no-commentary link: https://youtu.be/vq_I7WSNaPs?t=1609

            • Dean
              Dean
              June 7, 2017 at 8:23 pm | #

              Sinatra wore a trilby, but he was a little guy so he made it work. On bigger guys, it looks like the tip of a condom.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

        They’re full of trouble. Filled right up to the brim.

      • ProfessorDetective
        ProfessorDetective
        June 7, 2017 at 2:17 am | #

        Thank you. It’s just a hat, so what if a few scumbag wear them? I wear one and I’m perfectly fine. Admittedly, I don’t wear it indoors like a tool and I pair it with my good dress shirts, maybe that helps?

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      June 7, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

      Ugh. It reminds me of a really annoying contestant on a recent season of The Amazing Race.

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      June 7, 2017 at 12:48 am | #

      yes. absolutely. thank you.

    • butts
      butts
      June 7, 2017 at 2:29 am | #

      Who can figure out the true reason why butts said “fedora” instead of trilby ??? Enjoy!*

      *it was definitely to start this whole ridiculous debate**

      **definitely not because i forgot the difference in my hurry to post right as the strip came out

      • Khno
        Khno
        June 7, 2017 at 8:47 am | #

        To me y’all sporting tyrolean hats…

    • DaveM
      DaveM
      June 7, 2017 at 6:40 am | #

      C’mon, a fedora and a long overcoat and you’re in that happy place where you can go Doctor Who by adding a scarf, or Captain Mal by making the rest of the ensemble more “space western”. Come to think of it, it’s not a long jump to Dr Indiana Jones. Fedora and overcoat, can’t go wrong! 🙂

    • JasonAW3
      JasonAW3
      June 7, 2017 at 9:03 am | #

      Hey! What’s wrong with fedoras?! I happen to have been wearing them for many years. WAY before they were cool, again. (They were pretty cool from the 1920’s to the 1950’s but kinda died out for a while).

    • Armchair Daemon Slayer
      Armchair Daemon Slayer
      June 7, 2017 at 10:25 am | #

      Not inoffensive enough. He should have no trouble finding his next girlfriend to have a relationship that’ll end just like his last two for comparable reasons.
      Codependents need to walk around in circles when it comes to how they perceive themselves and the world around them being contradicted. ‘Cause if he really learned and grew past those contradictions effectively, he wouldn’t really have codependent issues. Then how would he waste his energy pining for people who he isn’t aware of but know who he is to call him a ‘good egg?’ Someone’s gotta keep it real with all these sell-outs outgrowing desire to be the right archetype in the sitcom/movie/comic book/formula fiction that is our lives?!

      • Misteline
        Misteline
        June 8, 2017 at 3:44 am | #

        I thought his first relationship ended because he was clingy and his last ended because her trauma pushed her toward black and white thinking resulting in an inability to handle being questioned or defied im the face of it?

        Not really sure what the comparison point between the two you’re using is..?

  3. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    June 7, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Joe may have succeeded if he has just been wearing a shirt

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      June 7, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

      I feel like that would have made the offer less tempting 😛

      • butting
        butting
        June 7, 2017 at 1:00 am | #

        I dunno, I think Danny probably sees him more as Joyce sees Becky. Half-naked cuddling would be awkward, not a reward.

        (apart for as a reward to slipshine subscribers?)

  4. Optimal Optimus
    Optimal Optimus
    June 7, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Aw, not more of this stuff.

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 7, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

      He’s gone right round the bend back to Roomies. Should make the introduction of SEMME interesting though.

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        June 7, 2017 at 3:33 am | #

        Uke…

        SEMME…

        Why does that ring a bell? *Scratches head.* Hmm…

        • Orion Fury
          Orion Fury
          June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am | #

          They were secretly behind the shows Ultracar and Dexter & Monkey Master. Those that still show a desire for the shows will soon be picked up to become their agents.

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      June 7, 2017 at 12:43 am | #

      This is the best stuff

  5. Stu
    Stu
    June 7, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Apparently he’s known as “the guy that hung around that girl that tore the everloving shit out of that accused rapist”.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      Literally. Cut his everloving shit a new egress.

    • Tomas
      Tomas
      June 7, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

      He introduced her to his parents as his girlfriend.

  6. Doki
    Doki
    June 7, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh my god Danny

    THIS IS TOO PURE

    • achallenger
      achallenger
      June 7, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      I was totally a more aspi dannny in highschool the cringe is too real

    • Emperor Daniel
      Emperor Daniel
      June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      Perfect cinnamom roll.

      (I meant to type “cinnamon”, but this typo amuses me.))

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

      I knowwwww. I LOVE.

  7. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    June 7, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Damn you Willis, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      June 7, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      First the ukelele, now a hat and beard! What’s next, an indie band!?Skinny jeans!? A CROSSOVER WITH QC!?

      • Kinoko
        Kinoko
        June 7, 2017 at 1:01 am | #

        Gauge earrings. That’s what’s next.

        (To be clear: I have no problem with them, but it bugs me when EVERY CHARACTER has them or is slowly getting them.)

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          June 7, 2017 at 8:26 am | #

          Wait, which characters have gauges?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 7, 2017 at 2:56 am | #

        We might see an incarnation the characters (and that would be great), but I think DoA runs parallel with the prime QC universe. Faye exists here, but her dad’s still alive and DoA has no sentient AIs.

        Besides, it’s a hell of a bus ride from Bloomington up to western Massachusetts.

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          June 7, 2017 at 9:01 am | #

          Maybe it is just that Indiana has a robot ban, unlike Massachusetts.

        • Alyssa
          Alyssa
          June 7, 2017 at 10:35 am | #

          Also if Faye is a freshman in that strip I think her dad might have still been alive anyways?

          • Slartibeast Button, BIA
            Slartibeast Button, BIA
            June 7, 2017 at 12:02 pm | #

            He is right there with her on family weekend.

            (Only she gets a tag, though>)

  8. Van Jealous
    Van Jealous
    June 7, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Hey Joe! There’s a lot of gorgeous women in Seattle (or so Bobby Sherman told me, anyway).

  9. Andy
    Andy
    June 7, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    No, Danny. Just no. I have only once seen a grown man wear such a hat and not look ridiculous, and I honestly thought he was someone’s chauffeur.

    • achallenger
      achallenger
      June 7, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      my best dressed coworker wears one of those, he looks good perpetually. i wear one sometimes but just look like a hooligan. now like 6 ppl in the office have them to varying effects, but it mostly works.

      disclaimer, we are all engineers so maybe dont follow our lead folks?

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        June 7, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

        Hey, you’re the people in charge of designing things that work efficiently, so if you all approve then it must be a good hat.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          June 7, 2017 at 12:44 am | #

          Engineers can design a hat that is very efficient, but not necessarily one that is dapper.

    • Inara
      Inara
      June 7, 2017 at 12:44 am | #

      In all fairness, I have seen multiple grown men wearing hats such as these without looking ridiculous, but they’ve all tended to be 70+ years old and in the UK.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 7, 2017 at 12:56 am | #

        Old people can wear whatever. It’s one of the major advantages.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          June 7, 2017 at 1:19 am | #

          To wit I wear a tie-dyed army sun hat, and I look “fahbyulous”. 😀

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            June 7, 2017 at 9:00 am | #

            I support your tie-dye!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 7, 2017 at 3:01 am | #

      Not even Brian Johnson?]

    • Merle
      Merle
      June 7, 2017 at 10:36 am | #

      My grandfather wore that style of hat all the time, always looked good on him.

  10. Valerie
    Valerie
    June 7, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Panel 2 Danny is considering the hug, but is scared he’ll get a crazy boner and it will make things super awkward with his long-time friend.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      June 7, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

      Ding ding ding!

      • AveAves
        AveAves
        June 7, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

        Don’t you mean Ding Ding Dong?

        • achallenger
          achallenger
          June 7, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

          beat my meat to it

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

      Joe:”So, wait you’re-”
      Danny:”Bisexual not gay!”
      Joe: “I was going to say even better equipped to tell me if something I’m doing is atractive or not, but let’s go with that. Also, in an attempt to make things less awkward than they currently are, from now on I’m only going to hug you if we both have pants on, agreed?”
      Danny: “Agreed.”

  11. Mr. Mendo
    Mr. Mendo
    June 7, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    Once again, the Pacific Northwest has laid eggs in a young person’s sanity and turned them into a cocoon of “oh-no-you-didn’t”!

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

      New York did it first, IIRC.

      • Orion Fury
        Orion Fury
        June 7, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

        Did what, the Pacific Northwest? That’s pretty impressive.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 7, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

          Did that particular subculture.

          • Orion Fury
            Orion Fury
            June 7, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

            It’s been awhile since I’ve commented with any regularity (sans like a day ago). Forgot that people would forget how one of my many overly long gags is comically missing the point.

            • Rukduk
              Rukduk
              June 7, 2017 at 12:59 am | #

              Don’t worry, I still remember.
              …
              Although I only just now realize that your commenter name is “Orion Fury” and not “Onion Fury” and I feel very bad about that.

              • Mr D
                Mr D
                June 7, 2017 at 1:35 am | #

                you could call him the Onion Furry?

                • Reltzik
                  Reltzik
                  June 7, 2017 at 1:41 am | #

                  Hmm. I like that name. It has a peel.

                • SgtWadeyWilson
                  SgtWadeyWilson
                  June 7, 2017 at 1:49 am | #

                  @Reltzik, don’t peel furries, that’s rude.

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  June 7, 2017 at 2:52 pm | #

                  Some of them probably like being peeled.

              • Orion Fury
                Orion Fury
                June 7, 2017 at 11:33 am | #

                People normally think it’s Orion Furry, what with the werewolf avatar I always use.

                • Jhon
                  Jhon
                  June 7, 2017 at 9:06 pm | #

                  To me, you will always be Onion Fury.

                • Orion Fury
                  Orion Fury
                  June 8, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

                  Not Enough Onions?

                • SgtWadeyWilson
                  SgtWadeyWilson
                  June 8, 2017 at 1:24 am | #

                  @Orion Fury Not furry enough!

  12. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 7, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    This comic HAS been lacking a hipster element.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

      It’s STILL lacking a hipster element, no matter how many posing props Danny adopts.

      • Orion Fury
        Orion Fury
        June 7, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

        If Joe grabs him in a bear hug and swings him around, would he be one then?

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        June 7, 2017 at 1:03 am | #

        Hipster were using props way before Danny ever was. He’s going to need something way less mainstream.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 7, 2017 at 1:16 am | #

          A hipster can have props, that’s fine.

          But props don’t make you a hipster.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          June 7, 2017 at 1:21 am | #

          Nah. At this point he needs to go ultra mainstream and wrap around.

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            June 7, 2017 at 1:29 am | #

            *always wears shirt, tie, slacks, and dress shoes to the college he attends*

            …. I have no idea what you mean….

            • Hampsterpig
              Hampsterpig
              June 7, 2017 at 10:45 am | #

              As someone with 0 knowledge of how to fashion, I do this and whenever someone asks me about it, my answer is “I feel better when I’m dressed like this.”

  13. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 7, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    I got nothing against the hat but Joe’s right Danny is starting to scare me.

  14. chris73
    chris73
    June 7, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Looks more like a cheese cutter cap to me

  15. Mydnyt
    Mydnyt
    June 7, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh gods I’m from Seattle and I just laughed so loud it woke up my wife. I’m now in trouble. Thanks Willis! Lol

  16. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    June 7, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Willis could keep trolling us forever with the adventures of ukelele man, and I’m pretty okay with this, because that dapper hat, bro.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      June 7, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

      I love this storyline so much. I want it to stay for a long time. Danny is pure and dapper. Joe is concerned and scruffy. Together, they have an ordinary college disagreement.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 7, 2017 at 1:09 am | #

        It cannot be denied.

  17. Derek
    Derek
    June 7, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    I honestly think this is positive growth for Joe, he’s offering genuine friendly affection without his usual stupid “no homo” caveats

    • Betty Anne
      Betty Anne
      June 7, 2017 at 7:31 am | #

      Until he finds out that Danny’s totally thinking the “homo” in “no homo” and trying to find a way to tell Joe without actually saying it. :p

  18. MM
    MM
    June 7, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    Seattle, nothing. He’s on the verge of full Portland.

    • Dara
      Dara
      June 7, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

      I was gonna say, “you misspelled Portland.”

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 7, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      Never go full Portland.

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        June 7, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

        What’s wrong with Maine?…Oh wait, you mean the “other” Portland don’t you?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

      I live in Portland. He still needs battered flannel, sandals, socks, and a complete disregard for the rules of the road no matter his means of transportation.

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        June 7, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

        This sounds suspiciously like San Francisco, except without the pride tattoo.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 7, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

          Nah, here you need a ratty pride flag badge poorly-ironed onto an even rattier knapsack.

          • Rukduk
            Rukduk
            June 7, 2017 at 12:52 am | #

            …So are Portland and Seattle just like, slightly less LGBT+ versions of San Francisco when it comes to percentage of the population?

            • Reltzik
              Reltzik
              June 7, 2017 at 1:07 am | #

              Somewhere about equal, I’d guess. Probably off by a few percentage points in one way or another but margin-of-error close. They’re just not as well-KNOWN for it.

              Seattle: Coffee (and grunge rock)
              Portland: Beer (and feminist book stores)
              San Francisco: Queers (and sourdough)

              • Rukduk
                Rukduk
                June 7, 2017 at 1:28 am | #

                Also, Chinatown and Little Tokyo for San Francisco. There’s actually a movie theater that shows undubbed anime movies like, a week after they come out in Japan if you look hard enough. But you know what all three have in common? Tons of street artists!!!

  19. Lingo
    Lingo
    June 7, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    Dapper Danny.
    Has a nice ring to it.

    But I read it as “diaper hat” at first and assumed he was trolling Joe.

  20. achallenger
    achallenger
    June 7, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    STEP BACK FROM THAT LEDGE MY FRIEND

    • MM
      MM
      June 7, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

      Danny: “Oh! Hang on! I think I know the chords for that!”

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      June 7, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

      He’s just trying to put the past away.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

      I would understand.

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

      You could
      Cut ties
      With all the lies
      That you been living in
      And if you do not want
      to see me again
      I would understa-ah-and
      I would understa-ah-and

  21. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    June 7, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    lmao I love Danny. He is such a sweet, harmless guy, trying to be a hipster. But hey, at least he’s experimenting with his style and image, that’s a big part of what college is for, right? 😉

  22. Tristin taylor
    Tristin taylor
    June 7, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    Well Danny has lost it, its almost like something horrible happened to someone close to him….which reminds me WTF happened with amber and scar face!!!

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 7, 2017 at 10:52 am | #

      Now that entire half of his body is covered with scars, in order to make him a proper supervillian.

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 3:00 pm | #

      goddamnit, stop giving my three exclamation marks to an asshole!!!

  23. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 7, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    Danny is adorable.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

      You misspelled “adorkable”.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        June 7, 2017 at 12:54 am | #

        HE CAN BE BOTH! 😀

  24. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 7, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

    He should have chosen a crocheted shark hat. It would look so ridiculous that it would loop all the way back around to awesome.

    (Source: Actually was The Guy with the Crocheted Shark Hat)

    • MM
      MM
      June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      Think Dina’s cornered the market on adorable animal caps.

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 2:59 pm | #

      bullshit, newsboy cap is best hat

  25. Bickendan
    Bickendan
    June 7, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

    Danny, no dapper cap with a hoodie. Polo or a button/dress shirt.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 7, 2017 at 1:15 am | #

      I actually rather like it with the hoodie. Makes the hat informal, and prevents him from adding a fashion scarf.

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        June 7, 2017 at 7:02 am | #

        If he really is going for Seattle, nothing prevents the fashion scarf.

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        June 7, 2017 at 2:59 pm | #

        yeah, me too. Soon as I replace all my lost hats, I’m trying that combo. Summer weather be damned

  26. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    June 7, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

    He needs a pony tail, 5 days worth of beard, and a reserved spot at a wire table out front of a coffee shop. (And not Starbucks. Some place where they actually give you real mugs and there’s a tray next to the trash and you bus them back to the tray yourself.)

  27. Beef
    Beef
    June 7, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

    I’m getting Roomies flash backs

  28. Archivist
    Archivist
    June 7, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    Danny’s beady eyes mean I can’t tell whether he’s looking down at his ukulele or over at Joe’s shirtlessness.

  29. L!ghtn!ng
    L!ghtn!ng
    June 7, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    Danny, NO!

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 7, 2017 at 2:56 pm | #

      I read that in Dexter’s voice (the lab, not the serial killer).

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 2:57 pm | #

      DANNY, YES!

  30. Brian K. Pittman
    Brian K. Pittman
    June 7, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    I like Danny’s dapper hat. Play us a song, Danny!

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 7, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

      Play us a song, Ukulele Man!

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 7, 2017 at 12:33 am | #

        It’s nine o’clock* on any day
        The regular crowd browsers in
        There’s Ana posting under some name
        Making us feeling slower than sin

        *Pacific time

        • Orion Fury
          Orion Fury
          June 7, 2017 at 12:43 am | #

          La dideda dideda…

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 2:58 pm | #

      BEST HAT IS ALSO DAPPEREST HAT

  31. Phil Dog
    Phil Dog
    June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    He him go. He’s too far gone Joe. Too far gone.

  32. Tacos
    Tacos
    June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    Slow your roll Danny. You’re scaring people.

  33. Some Random Name
    Some Random Name
    June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    As a bearded man who is in college, owns two of that kind of hat, just started learning ukulele, and whose favorite color is blue, these last 3 comics have been really close to home.

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 7, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

      Whatever you do, don’t look outside right now.

    • Hielario
      Hielario
      June 7, 2017 at 5:23 am | #

      Could be worse. Your teenage self could have looked like Mary.

  34. Absorbingman
    Absorbingman
    June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    Damnit Joe, he’s a lost cause!

  35. brionl
    brionl
    June 7, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    Have to get a buzz-cut and grow a two foot beard.

  36. DuckDuckMoose
    DuckDuckMoose
    June 7, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

    Whoa whoa whoa. Native Seattleite here, and I’ll have you know that up here we do… actually wear those fucking hats once in a while. Saw one on a band leader during our annual brass festival last weekend.

    Also, glad to see there’s a megapost of this silliness, so we can plan on seeing something else tomorrow, ideally that one thing we all really damn want to know about.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 7, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

      ha ha ha ha ha ha

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 7, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

        So you’re saying a PreDamn is in order?

      • Emperor Daniel
        Emperor Daniel
        June 7, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

        damn you willis

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        June 7, 2017 at 2:57 pm | #

        damn you Willis part deux

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

      Yeah, we’re definitely switching perspective tomorrow. This installment was a clear way to cap the scene.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        June 7, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

        Haha “cap” the scene, badum-tsshh.

        … I’ll see myself out.

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      June 7, 2017 at 12:47 am | #

      The one thing we all really damn want to know about?

      So… JocelyneNoir, right?

  37. MissFortune
    MissFortune
    June 7, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

    “I don’t want Fop, goddammit–I’m a Dapper Dan man!”

    • chris73
      chris73
      June 7, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

      Yes! I love that movie, best sound track ever! (though Brokeback Mountain is pretty good)

  38. Larkle
    Larkle
    June 7, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

    You’re going to have to be more affectionate than that if you want to make any headway, Joe.

  39. Rukduk
    Rukduk
    June 7, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

    Well Joe, that’s why Danny googled Austin, Texas aka the Seattle of the Southwest aka the city so blue in a state so red that they gerrymandered into six other districts. …Seriously, it’s like, the hipster capital of the Gulf Coast.
    …
    Also where did Danny buy the 1890s newspaper boy hat? I mean, if he had a scarf, a saxophone, and maybe a long coat he could pull it off, but that hat does not go with a ukulele. No hat goes with the ukulele. The ukulele is by its very nature an instrument that cannot be played while wearing a hat.

    • DuckDuckMoose
      DuckDuckMoose
      June 7, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

      No clothes go with the ukulele. It can only be properly played while naked, maybe with a pom-pom hat.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 7, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

      Straw hat, but you also need a Hawaiian shirt.

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        June 7, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

        …What type of straw hat? Because if it’s a barbershop quartet strawhat, you are sadly mistaken.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 7, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

          Something with a raggedy brim. Like this.

          • Rukduk
            Rukduk
            June 7, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

            …Hmm. Well played Reltzik. Well played indeed. I will acknowledge that hat as being able to be worn while playing the ukulele.

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 2:56 pm | #

      I find those in street markets largely. Got my first one for $5 and never looked back

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 7, 2017 at 3:02 pm | #

      He stole it from Brian Johnson.

  40. Mada
    Mada
    June 7, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

    ….So a student getting into a knife fight with an alleged rapist gets NO reaction from the campus whatsoever, huh?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 7, 2017 at 12:52 am | #

      Looks like nobody knows about it.
      Well except Amber, Dorothy, and not-Ryan. He’s very sure, assuming he’s alive n’stuff.

      • newllend(henryvolt)
        newllend(henryvolt)
        June 7, 2017 at 5:25 am | #

        Awww Dorothy’s first cover up.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          June 7, 2017 at 8:54 am | #

          So presidential! They grow up so quickly.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      June 7, 2017 at 1:17 pm | #

      3 days have passed, and we’ve seen, like, one conversation. Maybe it’s a bit premature to say that there’s been no reaction from the campus.

  41. Felgraf
    Felgraf
    June 7, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

    I… I have one of those hats.

    • chris73
      chris73
      June 7, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

      I have two cheese cutter caps, a heavier woollen version for colder weather and a lighter linen for warmer

      They’re stylish and practical so best of both worlds

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        June 7, 2017 at 2:55 pm | #

        is that what cabby caps are called outside of NYC?

        • chris73
          chris73
          June 7, 2017 at 7:49 pm | #

          Its what flat caps are called in NZ but I’m guessing they have various different names depending on location

          • Scar Man!!!
            Scar Man!!!
            June 7, 2017 at 8:10 pm | #

            i heard them called newsboy caps most often, but they’re definitely stereotypical cabby wear

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 2:55 pm | #

      I have three somewhere, but I can’t find them. They are perfect for novelty buttons and I. LOVE. THEM. Gonna buy a new one soon, the cheaper, the better

      • chris73
        chris73
        June 7, 2017 at 7:51 pm | #

        At least buy one decent, good quality hat though, this is the one of the caps I bought

        http://www.hillshats.co.nz/collections/bristol-herringbone-traditional-wool-cheesecutter/

        • Scar Man!!!
          Scar Man!!!
          June 8, 2017 at 10:42 am | #

          naaaaw. I got my first one for $5 in an outdoor Hell’s Kitchen and ever since then, it’s been a tradition to only get one if I can get a really good deal on it.

          • Scar Man!!!
            Scar Man!!!
            June 8, 2017 at 10:42 am | #

            *Hell’s Kitchen Market

  42. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 7, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

    Looks like Danny has taken a leaf from Dina’s book.

    It’s a nice hat.

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 2:53 pm | #

      IT IS MY FAVORITE HAT AND SINCE I ALREADY IDENTIFY WITH DANNY, I WANT IT TO BE A PERMANENT PART OF HIS DESIGN!!!!

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        June 7, 2017 at 4:07 pm | #

        Well, depending on whether or not Willis is trolling his fans, I may have good news for you, Scar Man!!!
        https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/image/161534383337

        • Scar Man!!!
          Scar Man!!!
          June 7, 2017 at 8:11 pm | #

          he’s def trolling. But who knows, he might wear it for the rest of the chapter, since each chapter is a day

          • SgtWadeyWilson
            SgtWadeyWilson
            June 7, 2017 at 11:52 pm | #

            I hope not, sans the glasses, that’s the best Danny ever… of all time.

        • fillerusername
          fillerusername
          June 7, 2017 at 11:54 pm | #

          He looks good.

  43. WikiDreamer
    WikiDreamer
    June 7, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

    Oh, good God he’s Dan-ing it up SO HARD RIGHT NOW!

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

      That’s what she said.
      *shakes head in shame at using such an old, over-used joke*
      Normally I can restrain myself, but I just…couldn’t resist this time. I’m sorry.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 7, 2017 at 1:18 am | #

        Don’t worry. We understand how hard it is to resist an opening like that and we know that you’re not really a dick.

  44. Whatevsman
    Whatevsman
    June 7, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

    Friends don’t let friends google Seattle

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      June 7, 2017 at 12:54 am | #

      Pooh on your friends–
      Google images shows me that Seattle has scads of buildings (did you know you can see the Space Needle from any window?) but hardly any people. I had to look for ‘seattle hipster’. Dan hats are not a big thing there, Joe aside.

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        June 7, 2017 at 6:59 am | #

        We were a few years ago I think? Now it’s all hoodies and man-buns. And if Danny gauges up his ears a few times and gets a dog I think we’ll be solid on the Seattle-ness.

  45. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 7, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

    Next thing you know, Danny’s going to wear glasses without any lens.

    • Phantom
      Phantom
      June 7, 2017 at 2:46 am | #

      https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/image/161534383337
      You were saying?

  46. Spira
    Spira
    June 7, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

    If nobody’s gonna hug almost-naked Joe, I volunteer.

  47. Grubbo
    Grubbo
    June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

    aaaaaaand 3 days after the 3 day time jump, I’m just realizing that this time jump means we will never see the conclusion of becky/dina’s last encounter…. this makes me so sad.

    • MatsuoTanuki
      MatsuoTanuki
      June 7, 2017 at 12:52 am | #

      There’s always Slipshine. 🙂

    • DinaWho
      DinaWho
      June 7, 2017 at 1:00 am | #

      Good to see I’m not the only one who wanted to know how that would turn out.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 7, 2017 at 10:09 am | #

      Sure you will, because they haven’t stopped yet.

  48. KSClaw
    KSClaw
    June 7, 2017 at 12:31 am | #

    Great, now I got the Frasier song in my head.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 7, 2017 at 12:34 am | #

      Tossed salad and scrambled eggs!

      …wait, that doesn’t sound like a ritzy enough meal for Dr. Frazier Crane.

      • MM
        MM
        June 7, 2017 at 1:04 am | #

        That’s why the blues is a callin’.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        June 7, 2017 at 1:13 am | #

        Frittata en Insalata is a fairly “ritzy” dish from a US perspective ;). That said, the song isn’t about food except as a metaphor (cf here).

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          June 7, 2017 at 2:46 am | #

          Ahh. Makes sense. Thanks for that bit of trivia.

    • The Mad Academic
      The Mad Academic
      June 7, 2017 at 1:36 am | #

      So no one told you life was gonna be this way! Your jobs a joke, you’re broke you’re love life’s D.O.A! It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear! But when it hasn’t been your day, your month, or even your year…

  49. Tomas
    Tomas
    June 7, 2017 at 12:33 am | #

    Autobiographical, Willis?

  50. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    June 7, 2017 at 12:34 am | #

    Look what you’ve done by neglecting him, Joe. LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 7, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

      Only you could make him a bro.

      Now neglect has turned him into a hipster.

      For shame, Joe.

  51. Black
    Black
    June 7, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

    The hat’s actually a good look, but he needs to ditch that ukulele…

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 12:43 am | #

      I’m just saying, the saxophone is where it’s at.

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        June 7, 2017 at 12:56 am | #

        Huh, I thought Where It’s At was two turn tables and a microphone…

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 7, 2017 at 1:20 am | #

          Well it doesn’t matter where THOSE are at, because they’ll come to you. They’re always at your Beck and call.

          • SgtWadeyWilson
            SgtWadeyWilson
            June 7, 2017 at 1:40 am | #

            Most things don’t come to me so easily, I’m a bit of a Loser.

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        June 7, 2017 at 8:12 pm | #

        *kicks in door* DID SOMEONE SAY SAXOPHONES?!

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 7, 2017 at 12:53 am | #

      Noo, I love ukuDanny. They’re just so happy.

  52. vlademir1
    vlademir1
    June 7, 2017 at 12:47 am | #

    At the least, I can say that the flat cap Danny is sporting here is just about the least likely to be taken as a, potentially unintended, statement of some kind. The only headwear for men that has less likelihood of being taken as a statement like this is a knit cap when worn in cold winter weather (ie in it’s pure utility function).

    And yes, I am indeed somewhat bitter there is no headwear I can wear normally that doesn’t have some stereotypical connotations and presumptions attached beyond as a fashion statement of else for pure utility.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 7, 2017 at 12:55 am | #

      Women have zero clothes that can be worn without stereotypical connotations and presumptions etc.

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        June 7, 2017 at 1:03 am | #

        Unfortunately true of our society yes.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 7, 2017 at 1:20 am | #

        Ironically, a woman wearing zero clothes ALSO runs afoul of connotations and presumptions.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        June 7, 2017 at 1:44 am | #

        That is indeed true, and my feeling on that BS go well beyond ‘somewhat bitter’.

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 1:02 am | #

      What about a tuque?

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        June 7, 2017 at 2:03 am | #

        While i do work in food, a toque blanc is way too pretentious and way too associated with classic French and Italian cuisine for me. I tend more to New American cuisine built from ’50s diner and classic Southern standards with Latin American, Eastern European, Levantine and East Asian flare elements.

        Or do you mean the Canadian term for a knit cap?

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          June 7, 2017 at 2:08 am | #

          If so, they spelled it wrong. It’s spelled ‘touque’.

          • Rukduk
            Rukduk
            June 7, 2017 at 4:11 am | #

            You are correct.

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      June 7, 2017 at 1:19 am | #

      Tell me about it. I walk barefoot, just because I like how it feels (can’t focus in sweaty feet) and everyone assumes I’m some kind of hippie weirdo. I mean, yes, I’m a weirdo, but a different kind :V

      • Jhon
        Jhon
        June 7, 2017 at 8:54 pm | #

        No hippie!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 5:12 pm | #

      Wait, what about a plain old baseball cap? I’ve seen people of all kinds wearing those. Hell, I even have a nice brown one, myself, with a little Overwatch pin on it.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        June 7, 2017 at 5:15 pm | #

        Sorry, I guess they’re called “dad hats”, now, for some fucking reason. Everywhere that sells hats for a younger crowd uses those flat-billed snapbacks that look ridiculous on just about everyone. I’m guessing it has something to do with rap culture.

  53. Keulan
    Keulan
    June 7, 2017 at 12:51 am | #

    What next, is Danny gonna start wearing plaid button-up shirts and grow a beard? Maybe get some black-framed glasses with no lenses in them as well?

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 1:04 am | #

      Anything but the lenseless black-frame glasses! Anything but them!! They’re the one thing of hipster culture that I actively hate with a passion!!

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        June 7, 2017 at 2:31 am | #

        One time during high school, a friend of mine was wearing lenseless black-frame glasses and browsing in a store. A couple of employees started talking about them in French (my friend and their glasses), assuming that they didn’t speak French.
        They did.

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          June 7, 2017 at 8:51 pm | #

          Tous les deux?!

  54. Jesse
    Jesse
    June 7, 2017 at 12:51 am | #

    As long as he doesn’t go full hipster. Never go full hipster.

    • StormsAComing
      StormsAComing
      June 7, 2017 at 2:45 am | #

      He went full hipster https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/image/161534383337

      • Keulan
        Keulan
        June 7, 2017 at 4:19 am | #

        NOOOO! DAMN YOU WILLIS!

      • Jesse
        Jesse
        June 8, 2017 at 1:01 am | #

        He’s lost.

  55. MK15
    MK15
    June 7, 2017 at 12:55 am | #

    While this Danterlude (TM) was much-needed… god damn cruel Willis.

    The wait kills.

  56. ABC123
    ABC123
    June 7, 2017 at 1:07 am | #

    I can’t tell if Danny is joking. I’m honestly worried that he isn’t.

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      June 7, 2017 at 1:11 am | #

      I don’t think he’s joking.

      Unreasonable levels of sincerity seem to be Danny’s thing

    • Phantom
      Phantom
      June 7, 2017 at 2:45 am | #

      Does this https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/image/161534383337 answer your question

  57. Jhon
    Jhon
    June 7, 2017 at 1:17 am | #

    Go back in time, Joe, and stop Danny before he Googles ‘ukulele hipster’.

  58. seventhsword2
    seventhsword2
    June 7, 2017 at 1:26 am | #

    wtf…
    the hard left turn the past few strips is rather jarring

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      June 7, 2017 at 1:30 am | #

      Well at least it’s not canning

  59. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    June 7, 2017 at 1:27 am | #

    I just realized.

    Maybe Danny’s NOT a hipster.

    Maybe he’s a gamer at his core, and he had access to tables, percentile dice, and a bit too much free time.

    *roll* Ukulele…. *roll* Newsboy cap…. *roll*

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 5:34 pm | #

      I very much wish for Danny to discover tabletop gaming. One minor nitpick, though. Percentile dice are extremely situational; a d20 is much more iconic, and more likely to see frequent use. A case could be made for the d6 being used more, depending on the game, but those tend to carry more of a gambling connotation.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 7, 2017 at 10:43 pm | #

        But, a big ol’ table is the perfect situation to pull out that wacky spherical die. A hundred possibilities, let’s go!

  60. bryy
    bryy
    June 7, 2017 at 1:32 am | #

    Danny is now One of Them.

  61. Rukduk
    Rukduk
    June 7, 2017 at 1:40 am | #

    Gute Gott in Himmel!! I just saw the picture of hipster Danny that Willis posted on tumblr. It’s…it’s like I’m looking at Danny’s evil twin or something.

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      June 7, 2017 at 1:42 am | #

      So… it’s probably bad that it’s the first time I’ve kinda liked Danny’s style?

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        June 7, 2017 at 2:43 am | #

        Share in my shame.

        Is the concept art for real or akin to Becky’s porn fanfic?

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          June 7, 2017 at 5:35 pm | #

          Becky does porn fanfic?

          • JessWitt
            JessWitt
            June 7, 2017 at 8:11 pm | #

            Well not exactly that. Fanfic that became a Slipshine.

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      June 7, 2017 at 1:47 am | #

      Heh, ‘Guter Gott’ actually, because of stupid German and its stupid gendering of words 😉

      • CJ
        CJ
        June 7, 2017 at 2:15 am | #

        It’s just you assumption Gott is male.

        • CJ
          CJ
          June 7, 2017 at 2:16 am | #

          Appropriate avatar 😂

          • SgtWadeyWilson
            SgtWadeyWilson
            June 7, 2017 at 2:50 am | #

            On both counts, sadly. (by which I mean any form of Mary being “appropriate is sad, FYI.)

        • caesaria82
          caesaria82
          June 7, 2017 at 3:00 am | #

          Ah no, it isn’t. Because a female god would have a female word for god in German, which is Göttin. ‘Gute Göttin’ in context. So. Like I said, it’s all German’s fault!

          • CJ
            CJ
            June 8, 2017 at 2:01 am | #

            Depends on if your from east or west Germany. The people from the east seldom bother with putting the female ending on a job description noun. The women say ” Ich bin Ingenieur/Arzt/Architekt” even though this drives west-German feminists up the wall.

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      June 7, 2017 at 1:49 am | #

      https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/161534383337/oh-danny-boy
      link for reference

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      June 7, 2017 at 5:52 pm | #

      It’s good. He’s trying out new things! He may change … he may not.

  62. Jackie
    Jackie
    June 7, 2017 at 1:49 am | #

    JOE, YOU HAVE TO SAVE HIM FROM HIMSELF!!!

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      June 7, 2017 at 5:30 am | #

      It’s to late.

      • StClair
        StClair
        June 7, 2017 at 10:54 am | #

        He’s more hipster than man, now.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      June 7, 2017 at 5:54 pm | #

      Joe’s trying to save his own little world … which is beginning to collapse. Joe should stop being so selfish.

  63. Ellegos
    Ellegos
    June 7, 2017 at 1:54 am | #

    That hat will look good, when he’s cleaning windows.

    • Ellegos
      Ellegos
      June 7, 2017 at 1:57 am | #

      Now it’s a job that just suits me
      A window cleaner you would be
      If you can see what I can see
      When I’m cleanin’ windows

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      June 7, 2017 at 5:55 pm | #

      Allll ter gevver now

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM

  64. Siyajkak
    Siyajkak
    June 7, 2017 at 1:58 am | #

    Good God this was almost me…

  65. Lorien Inksong
    Lorien Inksong
    June 7, 2017 at 2:00 am | #

    XD I went to school in Seattle for a year, and even though my stay was brief what Joe is implying is 100% true. Poor Danny, another innocent soul claimed by accidentally becoming a hipster.

  66. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    June 7, 2017 at 2:13 am | #

    My grandpa wore hats like that.

  67. KaitouKidisBae
    KaitouKidisBae
    June 7, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

    And the super awkwardness continues. However, I am giving major props to Joe right now. With the way his father is, Joe is very much a product of his upbringing. And for all that he hates emotions and vulnerability, he recognizes Danny’s cry for help and is attempting, in his own way, to help Danny. Sure, Joe would probably find it embarrassing to be friends with “ukelele guy”, but this situation, despite its privacy, is also pretty embarrassing for him. So, yeah, props to Joe for trying to help Danny right now.

  68. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    June 7, 2017 at 2:23 am | #

    We’re losing him! We need 50 cc’s of girlfriend, stat!

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      June 7, 2017 at 2:53 am | #

      Sorry, all out, but we do have this tall glass of possible future boyfriend is this container marked with a bat…

  69. Teddae
    Teddae
    June 7, 2017 at 2:28 am | #

    Danny, put down the hat, we can talk about this

    • Danni
      Danni
      June 7, 2017 at 3:40 am | #

      let danny wear the hat!

      • Amazi-Stool
        Amazi-Stool
        June 7, 2017 at 8:43 pm | #

        Let the hat float on you!

      • fillerusername
        fillerusername
        June 7, 2017 at 11:58 pm | #

        Danny/Hat/Ukulele 4 Ever!

  70. Tenzhi
    Tenzhi
    June 7, 2017 at 2:36 am | #

    This Joe versus the ukulele bit has officially gone on a bit too long. If it’s still going on next strip, it could be a sign Willis has been replaced by a Family Guy writer.

    • Josh Spicer
      Josh Spicer
      June 7, 2017 at 11:45 am | #

      This is nothing. A. It’s only been three days, relax of these strips, relax.

      B. He’ll probably keep it going all throughout the week. Why? Because there’s probably a reason we’re seeing Danny turn into a Seattilite and Joe actually being a friend.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 5:06 pm | #

      Overly-long gags may be a hallmark of Family Guy writers, but it’s not exclusive enough to be a proper warning sign.

      Now, if the characters suddenly started randomly making rape jokes, being excessively violent for absolutely no reason, and vomiting everywhere, we’d be in some trouble. Luckily, even at his worst, I haven’t seen Willis stoop to that level, so everything should be fine.

  71. Cakemage
    Cakemage
    June 7, 2017 at 2:37 am | #

    DANNY NO.

    • Danni
      Danni
      June 7, 2017 at 2:53 am | #

      i have the same kind of hat!

  72. Phantom
    Phantom
    June 7, 2017 at 2:41 am | #

    Its too late. He’s too far gone. The ukulele has claimed another poor soul. Soon, it won’t just be a dapper hat, it will be a par of prescription less glasses and a scruffy beard. Face it, Danny Wilcox is gone. Ukulele guy is all that is left.

    • Phantom
      Phantom
      June 7, 2017 at 2:43 am | #

      And I just saw this: https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/image/161534383337

      Damn it Willis I was joking! He really has fallen pray to the Ukulele! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

      • Danni
        Danni
        June 7, 2017 at 2:58 am | #

        hes figuring himself out!

      • fillerusername
        fillerusername
        June 7, 2017 at 11:59 pm | #

        He looks great!

    • McBogue
      McBogue
      June 7, 2017 at 2:40 pm | #

      Little did Danny know, that little blue ukulele was in fact the ancient soul-eating artifact known as STRUMBRINGER.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 7, 2017 at 6:04 pm | #

        “the giant black rune-carved stratocaster, Soulsinger”

    • Amazi-Stool
      Amazi-Stool
      June 7, 2017 at 8:53 pm | #

      The chordophone has claimed him.
      He is part of the Seattle, now!

  73. acher4
    acher4
    June 7, 2017 at 2:48 am | #

    Is…is this Danny having a mental breakdown after what happened with Amber?

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      June 7, 2017 at 3:00 am | #

      Would Joe offer a hug over anything else?

      • Hera
        Hera
        June 7, 2017 at 10:37 am | #

        If Danny found him twin-sisters to sleep with and….err yeah I think that’s it. 😛

    • Shawn Levasseur
      Shawn Levasseur
      June 7, 2017 at 4:44 pm | #

      Maybe.

      If so, the details of what when down with Amber are being held back so we can laugh at Danny’s attempt to adapt, before it becomes sad in context.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 7, 2017 at 6:15 pm | #

        I’ve got to say, that’s what I don’t like about this jump and bit of storyline. I’m stuck in a holding pattern on how to react to it.

        If this is Danny reinventing himself in response to figuring out he’s bi and his other experiences so far in college, it’s funny and kind of cool.

        If it’s in response to some horrific tragedy happening to Amber and Dorothy, then it’s wildly inappropriate and probably part of some kind of breakdown – which puts an entirely different light on Joe’s response too.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          June 7, 2017 at 6:31 pm | #

          It’s most likely the former because Amber and Danny have stopped talking and he doesn’t know what happened to her.

          This is Danny taking charge and trying out new things for himself. It has nothing to do with Amber.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            June 7, 2017 at 7:25 pm | #

            Did this come off as aggressive?

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              June 7, 2017 at 8:42 pm | #

              Nah.

              I think that’s probably the case – if it didn’t blow up into some huge thing. If Ryan’s dead or mutilated and Amber’s in custody or on the run or something, that’s not something Danny would just be ignoring, IMO. He still cares enough about her that he wouldn’t be blowing her trauma off like this, if it was a known big deal.
              Or a traumatized Dorothy for that matter.
              Unless it’s big enough that he’s all screwed up second hand.

              If they kept everything pretty much under wraps, then this can just be his thing. I hope that’s the case. I even think that’s the case.

              But not knowing what Danny knows and what he’s reacting to makes this read very awkwardly to me.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      June 7, 2017 at 5:56 pm | #

      It’s Joe having the breakdown, if anyone.

  74. Dariu55
    Dariu55
    June 7, 2017 at 2:57 am | #

    Next he’s going to do something terrible from Sleepless in Seattle.

  75. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    June 7, 2017 at 3:08 am | #

    Go, Danny! Go! Get some tattoos and earrings!

  76. Anowan
    Anowan
    June 7, 2017 at 3:21 am | #

    I just realized the title for this chapter : The do-list.

    Isn’t that specifically a Joe thing ?

    … People probably pointed it out like a million strips ago. Nevertheless, mark me curious about where this is going.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      June 7, 2017 at 3:24 am | #

      We only started on it a couple days ago, so you’re not that behind on wondering about it.

    • Inbar Fink
      Inbar Fink
      June 7, 2017 at 4:29 am | #

      We’re probably going into a more Joe-focused storyline, maybe about the way he treats ladies (considering his interactions with Rachel and Roz from the last storyline), maybe more about his friendship with Danny, as those couple of strips seem to suggest

  77. Tony
    Tony
    June 7, 2017 at 3:24 am | #

    As a guy from Seattle I’m offended. But also… yeah, that’s us.

  78. AGV
    AGV
    June 7, 2017 at 4:49 am | #

    I actually like it
    But you better learn a bunch of songs before you go brandishing that instrument all arround

  79. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    June 7, 2017 at 5:03 am | #

    Well… it is pretty dapper.

  80. Rosstifer
    Rosstifer
    June 7, 2017 at 5:24 am | #

    Wow. Joe is actually being a good friend here. He’s recognising that’s Danny’s trying to channel all his issues into this ukulele and basically build a new personality on it (which is obviously not healthy) and he’s worried and genuinely wants to help.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      June 7, 2017 at 5:51 pm | #

      Joe’s world depends on his image of Danny which Danny is breaking.

  81. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 7, 2017 at 5:48 am | #

    Danny refusing to hug a big, sexy, muscular, half naked man ?
    He’s definitly sick (oh wait, it’s because it’s Joe)

  82. Joe Covenant
    Joe Covenant
    June 7, 2017 at 6:12 am | #

    RE: Hats
    As someone mentioned above, this looks like what is called in the UK a ‘flat cap’ (call it what it is!) 🙂

    Almost solely the property of older gentlemen, usually of a working class / farming background… and also from about two generations back.

    However they were de rigueur about 50/100 years ago for ALL ages, but generally the poorer folks… Football games were a great place to see evidence of this: (Old and Young alike)

    • Joe Covenant
      Joe Covenant
      June 7, 2017 at 6:13 am | #

      Okay.. so I can’t use the HTML tags properly it seems…
      Pic here:
      https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/58/8c/36/588c36582e3d38422641afeaff2c2945.jpg

      • NickG
        NickG
        June 7, 2017 at 9:03 am | #

        And a surprising number of casually worn bowlers. Most dapper gent with the homburg in the front though.

    • OnyxIdol
      OnyxIdol
      June 7, 2017 at 6:48 am | #

      In Germany they’re called “Schlägermütze” 😉 And yeah, mostly old men wear them or people who then look old by virtue of this cap.

    • LordHaw
      LordHaw
      June 7, 2017 at 9:20 am | #

      I have one of these myself. So does my brother-in-law. I find being middle aged and balding, I keep my hair short (my brother-in-law is bald) and these hats actually look pretty darn good on us! I also remember playing with my grandfather’s flat hats like this from the 30’s and 40’s (and his Trilby’s with the band and the feather) as a kid. I’ve got lots of pictures of my dad as a kid in the 30’s and 40’s wearing these hats too. They were pretty universal at one time.

    • Bucket
      Bucket
      June 7, 2017 at 11:36 am | #

      Over here, mainly seen with guys in their 50s or 60s who own British roadsters. (I do own a British roadster, but not the flat cap!)

  83. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    June 7, 2017 at 6:35 am | #

    “Ukulele Man” – Danny is Alto Clef.

  84. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    June 7, 2017 at 6:36 am | #

    My dad has been wearing this kind of cap for as long as I can remember, which for me makes them firmly a staple of old guys. Just like pipes.

    • OnyxIdol
      OnyxIdol
      June 7, 2017 at 6:37 am | #

      (Although my dad doesn’t smoke pipes.)

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 2:52 pm | #

      it is best hat!

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        June 7, 2017 at 2:52 pm | #

        and for wearing that, your dad is best guy

  85. goggleman64
    goggleman64
    June 7, 2017 at 7:34 am | #

    My comment from yesterday: “Best possible way for this to resolve: Danny is never again pictured in DOA without a ukulele in frame.”

    My face from today: 8D

  86. Lou
    Lou
    June 7, 2017 at 7:37 am | #

    HIPSTER DANNY!

    please danny dont go down this road

    • Khno
      Khno
      June 7, 2017 at 8:56 am | #

      I didn’t like the hipsters, until all concert venues were full anew, what means organizing people didn’t lost money, what means more concerts.
      I didn’t like the hipsters, until they all went vegan, what meant I could find vegan and organic food much easier.
      I didn’t like the hipsters, until they made beer hip again, and I’m from a wineland, where most beers taste like bud + sulfur + a bit of cereal aftertaste. Now there are IPAs everywhere, but I also find a good regular pils or belgian triple much more easily.
      I didn’t like the hipsters, until they created coops for everything.

      I still don’t hipsters, because most of them don’t have a well thought reason for why they are doing things like drinking beer (to get pissed), going to concerts (to get shitfaced before the first chord is struck), eating vegan (to be healthy while still vinge-drinking), making coops (to be sure they won’t be forced to do anything like the neighboor), but I’m fucking glad they exist.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        June 7, 2017 at 5:25 pm | #

        You make a convincing argument. If it means easier access to what’s good in life, who cares if a bunch of weirdos are the ones leading the movement?

  87. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    June 7, 2017 at 10:20 am | #

    Comic Reactions:

    Panel 1: Again, I want to give Joe his props here. This is not something that is easy for him and he’s got a lot of assorted baggage surrounding offering hugs and emotional support. So for him to recognize something is occurring that he is left outside of and to not only come to the conclusion that “this is a cry for help and Danny needs me”, but to offer a hug is a big thing and hopefully is the beginning of Joe working to clear out some of his toxic detritus.

    Panel 2: I see your eye level Danny. And I imagine its partially a combination of two things.

    1) That Joe is fairly attractive and shirtless and getting a near naked hug from someone you find attractive can be heavily awkward especially if you don’t have that sort of relationship.

    2) The old queer overcorrection where you kind of go out of your way not to do certain things with straight folks*, because you don’t want to start that whole conversation where the straight person is interpreting their actions differently because they know they are attracted to folks of the same gender.

    I don’t think Joe necessarily would and I think his offer is at the very least intended to be genuine, but I can definitely see Danny backing out of the potential of anything in their relationship becoming any more awkward as he knows it’s strained a bit at the moment.

    *I’m a very huggy person when that’s safe, but I have a reputation in a lot of spaces for being more standoffish and less willing to accept or give things like hugs, because I know being very visibly queer that that will get read very differently than if it happened from a straight peer.

    Panels 3-4: Aw, well if he’s going to go full queer hipster, at least he fell into the earnest bohemian variety rather than the “my racism, classism, and sexism is ironic, so it shouldn’t be interpreted as what it is” variety we tend to get in northern California.

    And it’s somewhat beautiful. Not just because ukuleles are kinda becoming queer culture, so it’s a connection point between him and that part of his identity. But also because this is something he’s choosing for himself, not a romantic partner. He’s defining a style that’s just his and that makes him feel comfortable.

    And it’s ironic that Joe has such a problem with it, given his own intentional attempt to reinvent himself and his style for college. Not just for the obvious reasons, but also because this is a great example of a harmless reinvention, which stands in direct contrast with Joe’s toxic reinvention and the harm its been doing to those unfortunate enough to fall inside of Joe’s performances of it.

    And it really gets to the heart of a thing I find interesting. We as a society are much more willing to support toxic but normative transformations and reinventions than harmless but non-normative transformations and reinventions.

    Like, society barely shrugs its shoulders when someone falls in with neo-nazis or gets really deep into PUA awfulness or “gets born again” and becomes a bible-thumping bigot. Like, sure, some old friends may drift away for their own protection or morals, but we as a system regard that very favorably and even at times encourage it.

    But someone who does something harmless for themselves and their personal sense of self and society reacts with all the angry condemnation that should befall people who fall into these harmful normative reinventions. Like, for example, see queer and trans folks finding a new style after coming out or any attempt to drift out of typical dress for your gender or even something as small as being this little bit of quirky and eccentric with your ensemble.

    They get such violent pushback as we see here from this flipside of Joe. Like, he’s so against this, because it’s non-normative, because it’s bohemian, because it’s the (healthy kind of) hipster, but he would have been stunned and out of sorts if Danny had expressed his same dismay at Joe’s favoring of Ed Hardy t-shirts, even though the Ed Hardy shirts project a type of douchebag.

    And I think it’s a small entry point to how we normalize the extreme policing of non-normativity in favor of status quos and presentations and actions that are not as neutral as we like to pretend they are in society.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 12:12 pm | #

      There’s a good reason people push back so hard, when someone makes a small, harmless change for their own happiness. See, people are fucking terrified of the tiniest bit of introspection, and they’ll shit their pants if it looks like someone is discovering their own identity, because if Chris can figure it out, that must mean there’s something wrong with Alex. Sure, there are a lot of people who are plenty introspective and constantly learning and discovering and improving themselves. The problem comes from the terrified little cowards who can hardly decide what to eat without worrying how it will affect another person’s perception of them.

      And, yes, I am absolutely calling people cowards if they can’t introspect in the privacy of their own homes, for fear of how others will react. Others, I should clarify, who aren’t even there to begin with. Actually, I’ll go a step further and call those people lazy assholes, as well. They’re lazy cowards, because they’re so afraid of figuring themselves out, they just default to something that’s already been laid out for them by a larger group. If this seems extreme, then whatever.

      Panel 4 of this strip sums it up nicely.
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/06-strange-beerfellows/cereal/

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 7, 2017 at 1:16 pm | #

        Yeah, I understand the fear. Society can be cruel to both introspective and non-normative people, but it’s unfortunate that it creates this self-reinforcing cycle where people terrified of diversity and introspection and being outside the normative beat up on everyone else thus reinforcing the fear they are trapped in.

        It’s very similar to the toxic remora on masculinity. This whole messed-up system of interactions but everyone in it is so terrified of being labeled “not a man” and treated with violence because of it that they just end up signing off on the culture and perpetuating it in order to protect themselves.

        Honestly, if we could figure out to short-circuit infinite feedback loops like this, humanity would be a lot healthier overall.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          June 7, 2017 at 5:01 pm | #

          Oh, there’s a real easy way to break a feedback loop. Just get the people who just entered the loop to not torture the next batch, and you’re already off to a stellar start. Of course, this would require people to get their heads out of their asses and stop being so fucking stupid about everything, so it’s easier said than done.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 7, 2017 at 2:31 pm | #

      Do we actually know that Joe’s reinvented himself in college? I’d kind of assumed he’d been pretty much the same in high school. At least by the end.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 7, 2017 at 3:07 pm | #

        I think the canon might be that he’s always been like this, but that he’s upped it in intensity at college, so he can get the “full college experience” as it were.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          June 7, 2017 at 7:09 pm | #

          At least we know that Danny was not prepared for who Joe would turn out to be in college (or Dorothy, for that matter), but I think that says more about Danny than either of them.

          But yeah, I read Joe’s constant distancing himself from Danny and all his feely feels as part of an active re-branding. He also reminds me a bit of Becky’s constant reminder to everyone within earshot of her identity. “I’m a LESBIAN”. “I’m a SEX MACHINE”, which makes it plausible to me that he took the opportunity in college to start living up to his self image.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 7, 2017 at 8:46 pm | #

            But even at the very beginning Danny doesn’t seem at all surprised by “horndog Joe”.
            If anything, I’d guess he might have not anticipated what actually living full time with his best friend was going to be like.
            Joe’s likely taking advantage of the increased freedom and opportunity for his thing in college, but I don’t see it as a real change.

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 3:36 pm | #

      I know I joke above about Danny’s new direction, but I in all honesty do enjoy it, especially if he (as I’d say he appears to be) is in fact reinventing himself as a benign hipster and not a “Valley Hipster” as I like to call them, in reference to the Sacramento valley, who act as bigots “ironically”. The only real problem with benign hipsters are those lenseless blackrimmed glasses. I guess because I feel like wearing glasses you don’t need are dishonest in a way. Also a very consumerist thing to do which I feel runs against the whole eccentric counter-culture that they seem to be based on. Also, my joking hostility comes from the fact that I think the ukulele actually clashes with most outfits. Aside from that, just so long as he doesn’t act snobbish about liking things before they were popular and actually takes some lessons for the ukulele, I feel like this is a very natural and healthy evolution for him as a character. Plus that hat is very dapper, so long as he stops with the hoodies. And Joe’s just going to have to deal with the fact that his friends are changing. Because people do change. And it’s fine. But Joe seems to have kind of constructed this narrative in his head that aside from getting older and getting a career that things won’t ever change. And this could be what actually finallypromots him to break out of that narrative. Because, if he stays the same he’ll end up losing his best friend. Another reason this might shake up Joe is his family. Constantly fighting parents that finally divorced, probably very messily. If Joe and Danny are as close as they seemed or as Joe assumes, Danny’s friendship might very well have been the one real constant in his life. And it seems that Joe has assumed that Danny is someone he could always fall back on. And that’s part of the reason he’s reacting the way he has in these past two strips: he’s afraid of losing the one person he could always rely on and he realizes part of that is his own fault. Also, given the dialogue these past few strips, it seems like Joe has been comfortable with opening up to Danny emotionally in the past. At the very least he’s comfortable hugging Danny while only wearing underwear without having to say “no homo” or something stupid like that. So hopefully, hopefully, this is the final push Joe needs to actually grow and be honest with himself. So, here’s to soon to be crushed optimism.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 7, 2017 at 3:47 pm | #

        I think that’s all the case.

        And yeah, I think Joe is getting real nervous at this point that he actually is losing Dorothy and Danny and his old real support network.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          June 7, 2017 at 7:30 pm | #

          Come to think of it, this sudden offer of hugs might be partly inspired by Dorothy snapping at him. Suddenly it dawns of Joe that he is loosing people.

          It’s a neat new chapter in the story about his and Danny’s relationship. Danny came to college assuming everything would stay the same. It didn’t. Now he has been through a lot of soul searching and is in the process of reinventing himself, and suddenly Joe fears that the new Danny will not have a place for him.

          Similarly, Joe came to college already in the process of changing, and when Danny got clingy he got pissy. However, he assumed that Danny would still be around… in fact, that he would man up and walk down the same path as himself, although not as far. The last few days, between Roz, Dorothy and Jacob/Joyce, he feels a lot less sure of himself. When Danny is distancing himself as well, he is freaked out enough to reach out and meet him his way.

          In the end of the day, Joe and Danny have a very simple and very common situation. They were friends as children, but they are not children any more. If they are to remain friends they have to reforge their relationship as adults – much like Walky and Billy are doing. They may or may not do so, and if they don’t it’s not a great tragedy. It’s just life.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 7, 2017 at 7:12 pm | #

      Yup. Joe is doing good, especially because none of this is easy for him.

      And Danny is never anything else than 100% honest – even as a hipster.

  88. Dex
    Dex
    June 7, 2017 at 11:28 am | #

    Danny is obviously responding to what happened to Amber.

    Which was, obviously, her grabbing Ryan’s knife and using it to begin chopping tomatoes to make a delicious salsa. (What, what did you think that splashing tomato juice was?) Dorothy was shocked and amazed at Amber’s culinary skill (her facial expression might have been hard to interpret, I admit) but Ryan was so shocked and confused that he ran off and turned himself in to the authorities.

    Amber was hired by the local police department to make delicious salsa as part of the standard interrogation of all suspected criminals. Danny’s sad that her new schedule incorporates almost no time for Mario Kart, thought conflicted, because he’s pleased that her skills have led to something positive in her life. The inner cognitive dissonance could only express itself in one way:

    Ukulele!

  89. Stella
    Stella
    June 7, 2017 at 11:53 am | #

    It’s interesting. I think fashion is one of those things that, while everyone agrees that certain fashion choices have cultural connotations, people seem to disagree about what they are specifically, or be clueless as to what those connotations might be altogether.

    So, when people gravitate towards certain fashion styles and aesthetics, especially ones they didn’t have before, it’s rarely an overtly conscious effort to be seen a given way. Rather, it has more to do with subconscious “vibes” regarding what seems to feel comfortable or appealing.

    I wonder what vibes particularly Danny finds helpful about this new style? He wants to be seen as “the ukulele guy.” What does that mean for him? Someone peaceful and thoughtful (like a hippie sort?) Someone creative but not so ambitious or spotlight seeking? (as a more ambitious or theatrically creative person might wear, say, eyeliner, or vibrant colors, or even a suit+tie with unique accessories and hairstyling).

    And why the pushback–not from Joe, but also from commenters? Is it because a new fashion choice can be used as a shield to disguise certain vulnerabilities? That is, people will ask Danny about his ukulele and hat, not his personal life? Or is it that he is trying to signal in-group status with a group that Joe dislikes? Because hipsters can be seen not at creative, mild-mannered, and thoughtful, but rather as pretentious, self-important, and compensating for a lack of talent? And that Danny is so naieve he doesn’t realize this connotation?

    Or, maybe it is that there is a level of ambiguous androgyny to the hipster look that makes Joe uncomfortable? As the hipster style seems to be similar among different genders (Googling “hipster guy” “hipster girl” and “genderqueer hipster” reveal similarly dressed people), Joe clearly prefers a distinctly masculine style for himself. While Joe has never seemed to have anything against Carla, Ethan, or any of the other LGBT characters (that I recall, I could be wrong) sometimes androgyny throws people for a loop.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 7, 2017 at 1:19 pm | #

      I love all of this.

      And yeah, how we present, what is comfortable in presentation is so key for everyone, but I especially noted it seeing how powerful simply presenting in their real style with their real haircut and clothes is for trans folks.

      It’s a shame it gets dismissed so frequently as a “girl thing” by society, because it’s definitely a big social thing.

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        June 7, 2017 at 3:42 pm | #

        I think part of the problem could very well be that until the 1930s most of America still had laws about what you could wear based on gender. And not just pants and suits vs dresses and skirts, but actual colors as well. The idea of being able to freely wear whatever you want on a societal level is actually still relatively new, and as a society we are still adjusting to it.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          June 7, 2017 at 4:51 pm | #

          Hold on, laws? About what you could wear. And this was real? What the fuck was wrong with people?

          • zoelogical
            zoelogical
            June 7, 2017 at 5:12 pm | #

            back in the medieval day types of fabrics you could wear was stratified by class, so that you knew how much money everyone was in possession of and what their position in society was

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              June 7, 2017 at 5:20 pm | #

              That makes sense for a society without easy access to pretty much every fabric on Earth, I guess. But as recently as the 1930s?

              • Cerberus
                Cerberus
                June 7, 2017 at 7:32 pm | #

                Nope, there were laws on the books and enforced in good ol’ New York City as recently as 2011.

              • quix
                quix
                June 7, 2017 at 7:37 pm | #

                Not a great article but here:
                http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/arresting-dress-timeline-anti-cross-dressing-laws-u-s/

              • zoelogical
                zoelogical
                June 7, 2017 at 11:57 pm | #

                also one that relied on little upward/downward movement between classes in order to keep social order intact

                which come to think of it might be half the problem for the upset at crossdressing. like, if men and women are basically the same, we might all be people

                ……………..i just finished reading the handmaid’s tale, I Have Emotions About Clothing

            • Slartibeast Button, BIA
              Slartibeast Button, BIA
              June 7, 2017 at 8:35 pm | #

              I think the purpose of sumptuary laws was often to conceal how much money people had. The problem is that merchants often had more money that the nobility, and without the laws they would look better than the nobles, and that wouldn’t do, would it?

      • Vulcanodon
        Vulcanodon
        June 7, 2017 at 8:24 pm | #

        I don’t necessarily understand hipster styles, and they get a lot of ridicule, but it feels awful when I hear it.

        In my childhood, I learned to hate masculinity, while I was abusively conditioned never to present any other way. Decades later, I’m stuck. I present not just as male but as masculine and I don’t have the first idea how to change it.

        So hipsters? Wear whatever the hell you want. Present however you want. I don’t understand your styles; I don’t need to. Don’t get to be my age and not have the freedom inside yourself to feel comfortable and confident.

        • Vulcanodon
          Vulcanodon
          June 7, 2017 at 9:31 pm | #

          And of course that applies to everyone and hipsters, not the other way ’round.

    • Rukduk
      Rukduk
      June 7, 2017 at 3:48 pm | #

      For me, the initial push back was because I associate the hipster style (or at least, the hipster glasses) with being pretentious, snobbish, and unauthentic. And when I examine it closer, it’s mostly the lenseless glasses that give off that feel. It feels as if one is putting on airs and pretending to be better than everyone else who’s part of the “mainstream”. And that struck me as something I really didn’t want Danny to end up becoming, because it feels like a complete reversal of his character growth.

      • chris73
        chris73
        June 7, 2017 at 7:43 pm | #

        I agree with you, I wear glasses because I have to but I’d rather not (I tried eye surgery but my eyesight reverted back after a couple of years) and contacts are something I only use if playing sports as they get quite uncomfortable for me so when I see people wearing lenseless glasses I just think “you tosser”

  90. Meamoi
    Meamoi
    June 7, 2017 at 11:56 am | #

    I’m betting Joe is worried about Danny getting more action then him by appealing to a niche demographic and lowering Joe’s own man-quotient by comparison. XD

  91. Spencer
    Spencer
    June 7, 2017 at 11:59 am | #

    https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/161534383337/oh-danny-boy

    I like new Dapper Danny.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 7, 2017 at 1:21 pm | #

      Dapper Danny looks so confident in that picture. I’m excited that this might be what he’s going to use to really build up some self-esteem.

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        June 7, 2017 at 2:49 pm | #

        HE’S WEARING BEST HAT!

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        June 7, 2017 at 3:50 pm | #

        I joked above that it looks like his evil twin, but the more I look at “Dapper Danny” the only thing that really throws me off is the glasses. Which is probably just a personal hang up on my part.

      • Li
        Li
        June 7, 2017 at 5:28 pm | #

        You know what? I completely agree. 🙂 He looks so comfortable with himself.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 7, 2017 at 6:18 pm | #

        Yeah, it seems like Danny’s done leaving himself on the back burner and has decided to start taking care of himself and trying things out for himself rather than just being Someone’s Boyfriend.

        It’s a good look. I hope he ditches the hoodies and stays like this from now on.

  92. MutantSentry
    MutantSentry
    June 7, 2017 at 12:13 pm | #

    I wore a fedora in college. These days I’m a Dapper Hat Man (if I could find a nice wide brim fedora at a reasonable price I might switch back, but all I ever see are those silly narrow brim ones…or really expensive proper fedoras).

  93. Smooti
    Smooti
    June 7, 2017 at 12:16 pm | #

    Danny no.

    Danny you don’t want to be the X Guy. It doesn’t matter what the X is.

    DAAAAANNNNNYYYYYYYY!

  94. RachaelR
    RachaelR
    June 7, 2017 at 1:42 pm | #

    Okay, step 1: physical distance from super hot muscles. Step 2: Interject distance with non-sexual object. Step 3: remain firmly ensconced in closer.

  95. Scar Man!!!
    Scar Man!!!
    June 7, 2017 at 2:48 pm | #

    OH. MY. GOD. SQUEEEEEEE!!! HE’S WEARING BEST HAT! BEST HAT! BEST HAT! BEST HAT! BEST HAT!
    BEST HAAAAAAAAT!!!

  96. Guairdean
    Guairdean
    June 7, 2017 at 3:52 pm | #

    What, no man bun? Probably should have gone with a trilby, too.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 4:55 pm | #

      Fuck man buns. Like, when did people collectively decide that this was a thing? I only ever started hearing about them in 2015, maybe late 2014, and only ever as a subject of ridicule.

      • Valerie
        Valerie
        June 7, 2017 at 9:51 pm | #

        My friend thinks that guys with man buns are super hot. I don’t get the appeal, but she’s a few years younger than me, so maybe it’s a generational thing.

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      June 7, 2017 at 5:01 pm | #

      it takes time to grow out a man bun

  97. Skoyatt
    Skoyatt
    June 7, 2017 at 4:08 pm | #

    I’m french and I don’t get the Seattle thing.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 4:57 pm | #

      Seattle is a small town in the fictional land of Oregon, I believe. I’ve only heard rumors, but apparently the sewing scene is pretty hot over there, since they have some sort of gigantic needle.

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      June 7, 2017 at 5:01 pm | #

      seattle is the home of the much maligned hipster crowd, who basically are known for being fake authentic, enjoying fake retro aesthetics, and gentrification. so like – authentic, but stylized authentic, where you put more work into making stuff look like it just happened naturally than you would have if you had just let it happen naturally. stuff like lenseless black square glasses so you can have the glasses look without the eye problems. going into historic poor neighborhoods known for being poor and just, y’know, “improving” everything until the people who originally lived there can’t afford to live there and all is hipster. stuff like that.

      • zoelogical
        zoelogical
        June 7, 2017 at 5:11 pm | #

        i mean there are good parts of it too – aesthetic for aesthetic’s sake is mostly fine, and like there’s nothing wrong with, like, adopting stuff you think looks cool until it gets appropriative. and the ukulele is pretty harmless (if potentially annoying). and im personally amused that danny is turning out to be That Guy, it’s hilarious and fitting. and he’s such a sweetheart that i don’t think he’ll do anything too harmful with it, and if he does he’ll apologize and stop

        it’s just horrifying Joe b/c it’s so different from his playah aesthetic

      • JBento
        JBento
        June 7, 2017 at 8:21 pm | #

        A hipster would enjoy this comment, but do so ironically.

        • zoelogical
          zoelogical
          June 7, 2017 at 11:55 pm | #

          listen. i know what i am and i don’t take pride in it

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 7, 2017 at 8:13 pm | #

      it’s the hipster city

  98. PapayaPunkPixie
    PapayaPunkPixie
    June 7, 2017 at 5:16 pm | #

    As someone with BPD, I totally get spontaneously reinventing your personality in an attempt to get people to generally like you…

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 7, 2017 at 5:22 pm | #

      If you’d like some unsolicited advice (Do I give any other kind?), I’ll tell you the secret to getting people to like you. Just dress up as a Power Ranger at all times. Trust me, it just works.

      • PapayaPunkPixie
        PapayaPunkPixie
        June 7, 2017 at 5:37 pm | #

        If my current persona of trashy anarchist punk rock hedonist fails, I’ll make that next on my list

  99. Joebo
    Joebo
    June 7, 2017 at 8:07 pm | #

    That hat is my hat. I love my hat. I have worn that hat since the fourth grade.

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      June 8, 2017 at 8:30 pm | #

      Dunno about since the fourth grade, but same!

  100. Deviant
    Deviant
    June 7, 2017 at 8:22 pm | #

    Oooh, he could make music for weird kickstarter products and infomercials!

  101. JBento
    JBento
    June 7, 2017 at 8:32 pm | #

    Tomorrow’s the UK election – go out and vote if you’re there, and good luck!

  102. IllogicalBobcat
    IllogicalBobcat
    June 7, 2017 at 9:45 pm | #

    Whatever my beard is awesome.

  103. nightsbridge
    nightsbridge
    June 7, 2017 at 9:58 pm | #

    Like . . . One thing that’s both sad and that Joe has had coming to him for a long time, is like . . . He is opening up to Danny as an opportunity to offer emotional support. And what Danny is BASICALLY saying is, ‘I don’t trust you with that.’

    And like, considering how many times he’s brushed off Danny, pushed his concerns and worries to the side . . . He decides he’s open to input now. Now that Danny’s doing something that bothers him. And Danny, on the other hand, is like . . . You weren’t there when I actually WANTED help. Nah, man.

  104. fillerusername
    fillerusername
    June 7, 2017 at 11:45 pm | #

    Okay he is almost definitely going through a small identity crisis but I still find this new look adorable.

  105. HMH
    HMH
    June 8, 2017 at 1:31 pm | #

    Y’know, I’m thinking about it after initially seeing the strip, and it occurs to me that this “good egg, bad egg” shit is Danny trying to be disassociated with men like Ryan. He’s insecure about others feeling threatened by him, and any fears they might believe he’s capable of something awful if he actually blends in, so he wants to become this dude that everybody is aware of because it absolves him of fear and distrust just for being a man.

    His take on how to do that is a little bonkers, but it’s a little bit adorkable.

  106. Bea
    Bea
    June 9, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

    somehow i missed this entire strip and i’m not sure how

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